Long story short, I was borderline GD with my first. I spilled "tons of sugar" in my urine. I ate like I was diabetic to be safe. I gained 40 lbs (20 lbs in 1st trimester due to carbs to combat nausea). I gave birth to a 7 lb baby. I declined the test on baby #2, since my body was doing the same thing again (spilling sugar). I ate the same diabetic diet as #1. I gained 35 lbs and gave birth to a 7 lb 13 oz baby. I'm pg with #3. I've gained about 25 lbs at 28 weeks. I'm measuring 28 weeks. I've declined the test again this time. I eat a pretty careful, low carb diet at home.

Midwife told me today I'm spilling 3+ something (can't remember what) glucose in my urine, which according to her is a lot. They tested my blood sugar at about 1.5-2 hours after eating (just a finger prick in office) and it was 119. I asked her about levels, because it has been almost 4 years since I went through this, but she never really answered me. I explained that I had to have lab work done for my RH- shot two hours earlier and drank some coke to keep from getting lightheaded during the blood draw. So I had about half a coke 2.5ish hours earlier and then lunch (veggie pizza and salad...kids picked where we ate lunch lol). She just said the level wasn't really bad and it wasn't really good either, but she acted like it was worse than she was saying.

For those of you who have dealt with GD or borderline, is 119 bad? I can't remember and I'm having trouble finding definite answers online.

For pregnant women, you should be under 120, 2 hours after a meal, so it sounds like your level is borderline. The normal guideline for diabetics (non-pregnant) is under 140, they like to keep it lower during pregnancy.

under 120 is okay and it's ok to have them spike when you eat high carb/sugary foods. after Chinese one night i hit 210 and called the OB right away and she just wanted me to start drinking more water and test in an hour if it was still high she have me try something else. it went down and i had to stay away for it for the rest of my pregnancy, sad it know

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I'm on a tiny bit of insulin 3 times a day though, so maybe that is why it's different?

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